Surveys giving neighbours the chance to have their say on crime and disorder have been sent to 4,000 homes across the borough.

People living in, working in or even visiting Wokingham are invited to take part in the Safe Communities Survey, which will gather the views of how crime impacts people’s lives.

The findings of the survey, which runs until September 5, will be used by Wokingham Borough Council, police and other services to tackle issues that worry people the most.

More than 2,000 people took part in the survey last year – a 16.5 per cent increase from 2012.

Councillor Barrie Patman, Wokingham’s representative on the Community Safety Partnership, said: “Wokingham borough continues to have a low number of reported crimes, but these only give us a small insight into the problems affecting people day to day. It gives people the opportunity to have their opinions heard, and to influence change.

“The police, council and its partners can’t deal with problems if they don’t know about them.

“This is why it’s so important as many people as possible complete this survey and tell us what’s actually happening, so we can work on doing something about it.”

The surveys have been sent out at random to homes but are also available at http://consultations.wokingham.gov.uk/safe_communities2014/safe_communities2014.htm. Printed paper versions can be collected from any Wokingham Library, in Denmark Street.